Penholder.



PATBNTED DEC. 26, 1905.

E. E. BLAKESLEB.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Dnc,21,19o4.

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AUNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.r

No. 808,504.V

l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed December 2l, 1904. Serial No. 237,862.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BLAKEs- LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention refers to a novel construction in penholders; and the obj ects of my invention are to provide a yielding and elastic 'cover for the portions of the holder directly confining the pen and where the fingers of the operator are applied when writing and to so secure such cover to said portions that accidental displacement and creeping of the same may be prevented, and, further, that the end portion of such cover nearest to the pen help to form a shield for preventing the owing of ink from the pen upon the lingers of the operator.

ln the accompanying drawings, wherein like figures of reference refer to corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of an improved penholder constructed according to my invention, while Fig. 2 is a side view of that portion of the same embodying my improvements.

.ln said drawings the handle of the penholder, indicated here to be solid, comprises an exposed rear portion 9 and an inclosed forward portion 10, which is reduced in thickness and the end of which is provided with a recess 11 for receiving a tenon or inner support 12 for the pen, which tenon comprises a shank 13 with straight sides, so as to readily slide into said recess, a slotted outer portion 14, and an intermediate portion 15, forming an annular shoulder resting against the end of handle portion 10. -Shank 18 is preferably glued to recess 11.

16 is a metallic sleeve surrounding and closely fitting the handle portion 10, as Well as portion 15, of tenon 12. Said sleeve is provided at its forward end with a small flange or bead 17, and its rear end comes to rest against shoulder 18 on said handle. 19 is a washer extending laterally beyond said bead and made to closelyiit sleeve 16 and to firmly rest against said bead, while 20 is a ring fitting around said sleeve and resting against the outer portion of shoulder 18, so as to come flush with the outer surface of handle portion 9. I prefer to employ said washer 1n conjunction with bead 17, so as to obtain a sufficient flare outward at the forward end of the penholder, it being not practicable to make bead 17 of sufficiently large diameter for my purposes.

21 is a tube made of soft rubber, whose normal length is slightly greater than the distance between washer 19 and ring 20, while its outer diameter corresponds with the outer diameter of said ring, so that when said tube is interposed between said washer and said ring it will closely hug sleeve 16 and will in general be flush with the outer surface of ring 20 and of handle portion 9, its end portion nearest to said washer, however, being then forced outward by contact with the latter, so as to form an elastic flange or bolster 22, resting against and supported by said Washer. I employ ring 20, as the same offers a more reliable support for tube 21 than would be obtained by resting it against a shoulder cut on the body of the penholder.

23 is acentralslot inportionlil of the tenon.

26 is a steel pen inserted between portion 14 of the tenon and sleeve 16.

The handle 9 and 10 of the penholder is preferably made of soft wood for economical reasons and to insure lightness, while the preferred material for the tenon is hard wood, on account of the greater wear and tear on the tenon and more careful construction which the latter requires and the greater resilience possessed by hard wood. By providing the central shoulder portion 15 on the tenon I am enabled to secure a better fit and closer adjustment between the latter and the handle of the penholder and also between the tenon and sleeve 16.

Sleeve 21 is shown to have a iiuted or corrugated outer surface to permit of more firmly taking hold of the same while writing. l/Vasher 19 not only serves to prevent creeping of tube 21, but it also gives a support to the outwardly-forced portion of the latter and helps to provide a shield for the protection of the finger of the Writer. I thus obtain a combination-shield which is soft and pliable where it contacts with the finger of the writer and is nevertheless sufliciently rigid to guard against deflection. The rubber tube being placed around metal sleeve 16 provides an antinervous contact, as a metallic sleeve in contact with the 'finger is apt to produce irritating magnetic action upon the fingers.

l do not wish to confine myself to the details and detail combinations herein set lOO IIO

forth, as it will readily be seen that the same might be varied materially without'departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claimv l. In a penholder, the combination with its handle provided with a shoulder, of an inner support for the pen, a rigid sleeve around said support and resting against said shoulder, a soft-rubber tube supported by said shoulder and expanded outward at itsvforward end to form a flange, and a support extending outward from said sleeve, against which said ilange rests.

2. In a penholder, the combination with its handle provided with a shoulder, of an inner support lfor the pen, a beaded sleeve around said support and resting against said shoulder, a washer resting against the bead on said sleeve, and a soit-rubber tube oi greater length than the distance between EDWARD E. BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS F. MARTIN, CHAs. L. HoRAoK. 

